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View this email in your browser Tuesday July 14, 2020 Throw the Bums Out We are in the midst of a world-historic failure of governance. Why isn’t anyone in charge acting like they are responsible for it? By Alex Pareene Advertising America’s Immigration System Is Fractured Beyond RepairThe next president will be tasked with fixing the damage Trump has done, but they will need to do much more than that. By Libby Watson The Pioneers of the Misinformation IndustryHow thwarted Hollywood ambitions, Silicon Valley hubris, and a long war on objectivity gave rise to Drudge, Breitbart, and other right-wing media insurgents By Moira Weigel Don’t Give Dan Snyder a StadiumRacist NFL team name or not, Washington, D.C., deserves better than the same old stadium grift. By Nick Martin Advertising In Defense of Free Stuff During (and After) the PandemicThe mass expansion of public goods is long past due, so pay people to stay home, give them free health care, and stop charging tuition. By J.C. Pan A Window of Possibility on Self-Managed Abortion Telehealth has grown increasingly common in the face of Covid-19. A federal judge has now extended that access to medication abortion. By Melissa Gira Grant The Tragic Politicization of Hagia Sophia Why Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s push to turn the structure into a mosque is such a loss By Josephine Livingstone Support Independent, Issue-Driven Journalism Special Countdown to Election: 3 Months for $5 Donate Twitter Facebook Instagram Copyright © 2020 The New Republic, All rights reserved. Try one of our new newsletters by updating your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.